Prospect New Orleans Appoints Two New Board Members Prospect New Orleans, which will open its Prospect.5 triennial on October 24, has added New Orleans–based artist Dawn DeDeaux and Arthur Lewis, creative director of UTA Fine Arts and UTA Artist Space in Los Angeles, to its board. A retrospective of DeDeaux’s work will open at the New Orleans Museum of Art in October 2020, and Lewis also sits on the board of the Hammer Museum and serves as an adviser to the New Orleans African American Museum and the Studio Museum in Harlem. Lazy loaded image Dawn DeDeaux and Arthur Lewis. Courtesy Prospect New Orleans

Mariane Ibrahim Now Represents Peter Uka Mariane Ibrahim Gallery in Chicago has added painter Peter Uka to its roster. Uka’s highly detailed, figurative works focus on the Nigeria-born artist’s memories and notions of home. The gallery will offer Uka’s work at the Arco Madrid art fair later this month and will stage a solo show of his work in spring 2021.

ICA Miami Adds Seven Trustees to Board The Institute of Contemporary Art, Miami has added seven new members to its board of trustees. The additions include Miami-based collector and philanthropist Daniel Berkowitz; collector Michele Beyer; Suzi Cordish, a member of the Smithsonian national board and trustee of the Arthur M. Sackler and Freer Gallery of Art; Andi Potamkin, director of business development at Potamkin Fleet Solutions; collector, entrepreneur, and investor Andre Sakhai; Roz Stuzin, co-founder of the online boutique Namely Newborns; and real estate developer Alex Witkoff. Lazy loaded image Gordon Parks, Untitled, San Quentin, California, 1957, pigmented inkjet print, printed 2019. © The Gordon Parks Foundation

Tuesday, February 11

Museum of Modern Art Adds Gordon Parks Photos to Collection The Museum of Modern Art in New York has acquired 56 photos—including 55 color prints and one gelatin silver print—from Gordon Parks’s 1957 series “The Atmosphere of Crime.” The series accompanied articles in Life magazine about crime in the United States, and the images will go on view at MoMA in May 2020. The works, which were captured in police precincts, hospitals, prisons, and other locations, examine notions of criminality in America.

The Bass Reveals New Acquisitions, Exhibitions The Bass in Miami Beach has added to its collection works by Lara Favaretto, Jim Hodges, Adrián Villar Rojas, and Haegue Yang, which will go on view alongside John Akomfrah’s six-channel video installation Purple in spring 2020. The institution also announced that it will present the first joint museum show for artists Rafael Domenech and Ernesto Oroza in May.

Desert X 2021 Names Curator César García-Alvarez has been tapped to co-curate the 2021 edition of Desert X, which is slated to open next February 6 and continue through April 11 in Coachella Valley, California. García-Alvarez is the founder and current executive and artistic director of The Mistake Room, a nonprofit contemporary art space in Los Angeles. García-Alvarez has also served as associate director of the Culver City nonprofit LAXART as well as a curator of the Hammer Museum’s 2012 inaugural “Made in L.A.” biennial.

NADA Reveals Exhibitors for New York Gallery Open 2020 The New Art Dealers Alliance has named the participants in the second edition of its New York Gallery Open, a series of events established by the organization last year after canceling its New York fair. Running from March 5 to 8, New York Gallery Open will bring together over 60 local galleries, nonprofits, and alternative spaces, including 56 Henry, Mitchell Algus Gallery, Canada, Foxy Production, Martos Gallery, Pioneer Works, Printed Matter, Sargent’s Daughters, and Van Doren Waxter. The full list of exhibitors can be found here. Lazy loaded image Construction of the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures in Los Angeles. Mike Nelson/EPA-EFE/Shutterstock

Monday, February 10

Academy Museum of Motion Pictures Sets Opening Date At last night’s Academy Awards, Tom Hanks announced that the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures in Los Angeles will open its doors on December 14, 2020. The institution, which is dedicated to the history and future of filmmaking, will occupy a Renzo Piano–designed building adjoining a historic landmark on the city’s Miracle Mile.

Rothko Chapel to Reopen June 2020 The Rothko Chapel, a nondenominational spiritual site in Houston erected in 1971 by art patrons John and Dominique de Menil, will reopen in June 2020 following a renovation. The space, which draws more than 100,000 visitors annually, has been closed since March 2019 to accommodate the first phase of “Opening Spaces,” a $30 million restoration and campus expansion that includes a new lighting system in the chapel’s ceiling designed to protect the 14 large-scale Rothko paintings from Houston’s intense daylight.

TEFAF Appoints Interim Managing Director Sofie Scheerlinck has been named the interim managing director of the European Fine Arts Foundation, effective April 1. Scheerlinck has served as managing director of TEFAF New York since March 2018. In her new role, she will divide her time between New York and Amsterdam while developing TEFAF’s global integration strategy.

Städelschule Academy of Fine Art Names New Leadership Yasmil Raymond has been appointed the rector of the Städelschule Academy of Fine Art in Frankfurt, Germany, and director of Portikus, an exhibition hall affiliated with the art school. She succeeds Philippe Pirotte, who will step down as director at the end of March. Currently, Raymond serves as an associate curator in the painting and sculpture department at the Museum of Modern Art in New York. Prior to joining MoMA, she held curatorial positions at the Dia Art Foundation in New York and the Walker Art Center in Minneapolis.